Foreign residents in Salerno
Salerno, in the province of Salerno, is home to 126 Russians — 0.10% of its 126,000 residents. That is the 951st-highest concentration of Russians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 55th within Campania.
Across the nationalities we track, Salerno counts 503 foreign residents in total, 0.40% of the population. The largest groups are Russians (126), Brazilians (73), Argentinians (49).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in Salerno has fallen, from 154 to 126 (-18%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 6.0% of Salerno's population was born outside Italy — 4.9% outside the EU and 1.1% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this broken down by specific country at comune level, so it isn't directly comparable to the per-nationality citizenship figures above.
Population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 126 | 0.10% |
| Brazil | 73 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 49 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 44 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 41 | 0.03% |
| United Kingdom | 37 | 0.03% |
| Germany | 27 | 0.02% |
| United States | 21 | 0.02% |
| France | 19 | 0.02% |
| Greece | 10 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 9 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 7 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 7 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 7 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 5 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 4 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 4 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 3 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 2 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 2 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 118,470 | 94.02% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 1,336 | 1.06% |
| Born outside the EU | 6,194 | 4.92% |
Russians over time
Quality of life in Salerno
Full BES profile for Salerno →Salerno on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Salerno is well above the Salerno average of €1,213/m². Averaged across 16 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
29.8 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 56% more than ordinary condition — €2,907/m² against €1,860.
That gap is what the market charges for a place you don’t have to work on. It is not what the work would cost you — OMI prices property, not builders.
A detached house here averages €1,788/m², against €1,860 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 10% more per square metre — the opposite of what the two averages above suggest, because OMI prices houses and flats in different parts of town.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square metre, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.